Monday, March 8, 2010

"Water Famine" in the Town of Pelham in 1886

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web SiteLocated at http://www.historicpelham.com/.Please Click Here for Index to All Blog PostingsLocal newspapers published in the 19th century provide and interesting and quaint view of the Town of Pelham as it developed slowly from a rural community to a New York City suburb. One issue of The Chronicle published in Mount Vernon in 1886 makes clear how